Brendoncare’s Patron the Duchess of Edinburgh Opens its New Winchester Care Home
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh GVCO officially opened The Brendoncare Foundation’s newest care home St Giles View in Winchester on Tuesday 14th November.
The Duchess, who is Patron of the Winchester-based charity, unveiled a plaque to mark the occasion.
During her visit to the 60 bedroom care home in Quarry Road, the Duchess, accompanied by St Giles View team members, visited residents in the three households, all named after villages close to Winchester – Littleton, Sparsholt and Chilcomb.
In the Sparsholt dining room, she took part in decorating a cake with residents to celebrate the 75th birthday of HM The King on that day.
The Duchess also joined residents from Chilcomb household for afternoon tea in St Giles View’s café. The café offers a relaxing location for people living in the care home to join other residents and their visitors for coffee, pastries or afternoon tea.
She also heard about how local people in the immediate area would be invited to come to participate in special activities in the care home’s community area.
Marianne Wanstall, Brendoncare’s Chief Executive, then invited the Duchess to unveil the plaque which is located on the ground floor going out towards the garden.
Mrs Wanstall said afterwards: “We are delighted the Duchess could join us on such a joyous day, this also being the King’s birthday. We are thrilled she takes such a keen interest in our activities both in our seven care homes and also across our network of 75 community clubs across Hampshire and Dorset.”
